Grant Changes of water isotopes in Arctic Sea ice, Ocean, and atMosphere (CiASOM) (2021-2024) The main goal of the Changes of water isotopes in Arctic Sea ice, Ocean, and atMosphere (CiASOM) project is [...] this end, caves and permafrost exposure will be studied in East Siberia along a transect from the Arctic Ocean to the Lake Baikal. The objectives of the project are to: (i) Reconstruct (a) mean interglacial [...] to provide a comprehensive description of the present-day Arctic water cycle and related key exchange processes between the atmosphere, ocean, and sea ice, using both instrumental data and climate simulations

snow represents an important fresh water input, which affects density and salinity layers of the ocean. Besides its direct climatic impact, the snow layer also adds to the uncertainty of sea ice thickness [...] vessel. Snow buoy, deployed on sea ice (Photo: Alfred Wegener Institut) We deploy snow buoys in the Arctic and Antarctic. They are equipped with echo sounders to record changes at the snow surface. Buoy data

into the climate history of the Arctic Ocean. Using unique sediment samples from the Lomonosov Ridge, the researchers found that six to ten million years ago the central Arctic was completely ice-free during [...] winter, however, the ocean was covered by sea ice of variable extent, the scientists explain in the current issue of the journal Nature Communications. These new findings from the Arctic region provide new

Nordic Seas Southern Ocean - Overturning Circulation Ocean-Ice Shelf Interaction Southern Ocean climate interactions (SO-Klim) Ocean Acoustics Group - AWI OZA Projects - AWI OZA Outreach Activities - AWI OZA [...] LTER Observatory HAUSGARTEN FRAM Ocean Observing System Publications Data Geosciences Geophysics Research Focus Formation of the Arctic Basin Ultraslow spreading mid-ocean ridges OBS studies Hydrothermal [...] CHARTER (AC)3 CliC Arctic CORDEX CRiceS MOSAiC PolarRes QUARCCS Award POLEX StratoClim SynopSys REKLIM Publications Physical Oceanography Main Research Topics Circulation in the Arctic Ocean and the Nordic

Potsdam carry out expeditions to the Arctic and Antarctic. They are mainly devoted to Arctic research - in particular in the permanently frozen areas of Siberia and the Arctic island group Spitzbergen - and [...] in the system. German Arctic Office Since 2017, the German Arctic Office at AWI Potsdam serves as an information and cooperation platform for German stakeholders invested in Arctic science, politics and [...] Wegener Institute started its work in 1992. The scientific focus is the investigation of polar land-ocean-atmosphere linkages, complementing the marine and coastal research fields at the AWI sites in Bremerhaven

production. In addition, ocean warming is leading to changes in the winter mixed layer in the North Atlantic, which has reduced the amount of silica entering the Arctic Ocean in recent decades. This will [...] the consequences of silica decline for the Arctic marine ecosystem and the mechanisms responsible. To understand how climate change affects the Arctic Ocean, we will combine novel and classical approaches [...] Group Silicic acid Decline Effect on Marine Arctic Ecosystems SideEFFECT (Graphic: Mar Fernández-Méndez) Human-induced climate change is altering the ocean on a previously unimaginable scale. One of the

calved from an ice shelf or glacier, it drifted, mainly forced by the wind and the ocean currents, through the ocean – sometimes surrounded by open water, sometimes surrounded by sea ice. The automated [...] polar regions Sea Ice Drift and Deformation Drift and deformation of sea ice Permafrost Charting the Arctic Tundra Polynias Observation of coastal polynias Snow Accumulation Retrieval of snow accumulation

a seismic station on sea ice Seismic station installed on drifting sea ice In the ice-covered Arctic Ocean we also use seismic land stations deployed on drifting ice floes to record small earthquakes.

Seismology in (sub)polar oceans Contact Prof. Dr. Vera Schlindwein Seismology in stormy oceans In the stormy „Furious Fifties“ we succeeded for the first time to recover ocean bottom seismometers after [...] when the ice cover is almost 100% (Expedition PS137 of RV Polarstern). The data show that the Arctic Ocean offers good recording conditions for earthquakes due to the unprecedentedly low seismic noise [...] originating at the Southwest Indian Ridge now provide unprecedented insight into the formation of new ocean lithosphere. Lucky OBS recovery in snowy darkness Getting help with OBS recovery Seismology under

speed of several millimetres to centimetres per year (plate tectonics). So-called mid-oceanic ridges run through the oceans. In these zones magma rises from the Earth’s interior to the surface, cools down there [...] magma again. A region in which new seafloor continuously forms is, for instance, Gakkel Ridge in the Arctic. This is a submarine mountain range whose northern foothills extend from the northeast tip of Greenland